Cuff button



March 10, 1925.

A, GOLDJSTEIVN CUFF; BUTTON Filed Feb.- 25, 1924 Inventor a ran /7. Go/o s/e/n I ?fif/,J0

Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON A. GOLDSTEIN, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO SOLOMON E. KOPLAR, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CUFF BUTTON.

Application filed February 25, 1924. Serial No. 694,989.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON A. GOLDSTEIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of Bufi'alo, State of New York, in the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cufi' Buttons, as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The principal objects of this invention are to improve and simplify the construction of cult buttons of the type in which two members are temporarily locked together to hold the cul'I from accidental separation, and to provide an effective means for unlocking the button which will be easy to operate and will ensure the separation of the button members.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel manner of effecting the withdrawal of the locking member from between the projecting stud of one button and the throat of the other button by means of a plunger adapted to push against the locking member.

A further important feature consists in forming the stud member of a drawn tubular structure.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an enlarged sectional view of a button constructed in accord with this invention shown in the locked position.

Fi re 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the releasing plunger pressed in to remove the locking member from locking engagement with the stud.

Figure 3 is a perspective detail of the locking member.

Figure 1 is a perspective detail of the stud before being secured in the button.

The type of button to which this invention is applied is that type where a stud secured in or forming part of one member of the button is inserted into a socket in the other button member and is locked therein by a movable member which is operated to release the stud.

In the construction shown the button members 1 and 2 are similarly formed with converging body portions 3 having the crown plates 4 at the larger ends and the flaring plates 5 at the inner ends.

A stud 6 is secured in one of the button members, being here shown of a tubular construction preferably drawn to shape with a head 7 converging to form a neck 8 and having a shank 9 formed with a shoulder 10 to abut the plate 5. The inner tubular end 11 is swaged outwardly in the throat 12 of the member 5 and is thus rigidly and permanently secured therein.

A hole 13 is formed in the outer end of the head 7 and a pin 14 is slidably arranged in the stem and extends through the hole 13. The pin 14 is formed with a head 15 which abuts the inner face of the crown plate 4 and the head is provided with a reduced portion 16 which extends through a hole 17 in the crown plate and presents the means for pressing the pin inwardly. A coil spring 18 encircles the pin between the head 15 and a shoulder 19 formed at the inward end of the stud and holds the pin against the crown plate.

The other button member has arranged therein a locking member in the form of a chuck having the convergent fingers 20 ex tending from the edge of a plate 21, said fingers being adapted to fit into the throat 22 and to closely surround the neck of the stud and prevent the withdrawal of the head when it has been entered therein.

The locking member is formed of spring material and the fingers will spread apart to allow the stud head to enter when the said member is moved away from the restricting throat. An arched spring 23 is arranged within the button to engage the locking member 21 to hold it into the throat but the spring readily yields to allow the locking member to recede from the throat when the stud head is pushed into the throat, but upon the fingers spreading apart under the pressure of the stud the spring 23 reacts and moves the locking fingers into the throat around the neck of the stud and the button is then looked.

In order to release the lock the pin 14 is pushed inwardly and the inner end presses against the plate 21 of the locking member releasing the lock and as the lock releases the head of the stud the reaction of the arched spring, which is depressed by the inward movement of the pin, throws the button members apart.

The construction herein shown and described is such as .to enable the parts being manufactured and assembled at a remarkably low cost and the article produced is a pair 5 of button members; one having astud? pro ection formed with a neck-portion and i a lockin member arran edm said throat strong and: durable and very eflieient in operations; 7

-VVhat I claim as my invention is 1. In arcufl button, the combination with a pair of button members, oneihavinga stud; projection formed with a neck portionand the other having convergent throat, anda locking member arranged in said throat and engaging the neck of said stud, 'ofmeans" carried by the stud member adapted to engagefand release said-locking member from its loeking'iengagement with the'stud:

2. In a. cuff button;the-combination with.

the other having a:convergent:athroatyalnd and engaging" the neck of said stud, er a:

' plunger slidably-supported in said stud member adapted to: engage and; releasesaid: locking: :member' from iloclnng engagement with" the stud."

3. In axcu fl button;thecombination"with a pair of? buttonrnembersyone having ELI-Stud? pfOJBClHOIIEfOIHIECl.Wltll a neck-portion and the other. having a; convergent throat," and an axlally"moveablevdocking member ranged in saidt'hroat and engagingthe neck:- of said stud, of a: plunger extending axlal-ly through said stud the protruding endbeing adapted-to engageand move the locking member outfioi locking engagement with saidstud:

4. In a cuff button, the combination With apairr of button members, .one'having a stud projection formed with aneck' portion and the other having:zit-convergentthroat; a lock--.

111g member arranged in said throat-axidengagmgthe'neckof said studyof a: :pm Slldablynrrangedwi n said *studvand projecting through said stud and adapted-'10 disengage receive said stud, means-for temporarily:

lockin said studinz the mating memb er and means: extending throiigh-zsaid tubular study 5 and engaglngsaid locknig means; to releases:

the same' 6. In a cufi butt-011,:'aqsocketwinember; stud member adapted'r ito enter? tl'iexsocket member; means for :lockingathestuch member Within the socket memberpmeans' for Ereleasing the locking member; eand-c;spring- .means for separating1theamembers upon the release-oi the lockinginieans;v

member; a" spring" T. In acuiibutton; a socket membergz a' s' ud 'il'kembl adapted to enter 'the socket 'tuate'd chuck adapted he stud member, and

means ror'moving said chuc k' 'to' clear "the stud member and-'towause thQSQCkBtF-IHGIH? oer to spring away from' 'the studmember;

S. In a cuff butto'n,-a socket -m'emben-a chuck in said socket niemberya spring n said socketmember holding-said chuck in position,- a stud inember adapted: to enter id chuckyand' movable pin extending the chuck from the stud and depress the=- spring to cause theksocketymemher to ,Wltll-I draw: fromthestud' membem:

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